"Xia Xia." Patriarch Li frowned and said in a deep voice, "Xia Xia, what are you talking about?"
"Dad, I'm not talking nonsense." Li Xia Xia walked over and said, "Jin was once a concubine. How can she be qualified to be the mistress of the Li family?"
"This matter has nothing to do with you. You are free to make the decision for your ancestors." The head of the Li family glanced at her and said, "You are going to get married soon, so I will take care of the affairs of the mansion. Also, the shopkeeper Shang will come tomorrow. You can say that you are sick and cannot see guests. Let your brother go and greet her."
When Li Xia Xia heard this, he was disappointed. He didn't expect that his father had made up his mind from the beginning.
"Dad!" Li Xia Xia wanted to argue, but the head of the Li family looked impatient. The servants next door winked at him, and they understood what he meant. They walked up to Li Xia Xia and whispered, "Sister, please go back to your yard."
Li Xia Xia's eyes were full of disappointment: "Dad, are you really going to make Jin your wife?"
"I've told you, from today on, the affairs of the mansion have nothing to do with you, so just stay in the yard and prepare to get married!" He waved his hand, and the servants at the gate took Li Xia Xia back to the yard.
"What are you doing! Let go!" She shouted angrily, "Do you still have any rules? How dare you use force against your master? I'll punish you with my stick!"
"Sister, you should take care of yourself. You are just following the orders of the head of the family." He sneered and looked at her with a provocative look: "Didn't you understand what the master said? From now on, the entire Li family belongs to the eldest young master, and it has nothing to do with you."
After saying that, he turned and left.
At this moment, there was a sound of the door being locked.
Li Xia Xia's heart tightened: "What are you doing? Open the door! Open the door!"
"Sister Xiao, the master said that from today on, you will stay in your own courtyard and wait for your wedding. When you are ready to get married, Xiao will let you out."
"Open the door! Open the door!" She banged on the door, but the only response she got was the whistling cold wind.
She fell to the ground, and the maid beside her came forward and helped her up: "Sister, the ground is cold, get up quickly."
Li Xia Xia turned a deaf ear to it, and couldn't help but recall what Shang Ruoyi once said: Make yourself stronger!
Yes, now it seems that she can't rely on anyone and can only become strong herself.
She turned to the maid beside her and said, "We must find a way to find Zuwo. Zuwo is the only one who can save us now."
"Sister, the old master went to the temple early yesterday morning and said he would be back at noon tomorrow."
"Tomorrow at noon," she murmured, "it's coming, everything is coming."
The head of the Li family said to Li Quan: "Madam Shang will come tomorrow. You must seize the opportunity. Your ancestors are in the mansion. Sell more silver and make up for the deficit in the account."
"Don't worry, Dad. I will definitely embarrass you."
The head of the Li family patted his shoulder, smiled and said: "From now on, Dad will hand over everything about the Li family to you."
The next morning, Shang Ruoyi came to the Li family.
Li Quan was waiting at the door. When he saw the carriage stopped, he hurried to greet it: "Madam Shang, I have been waiting for you for a long time."
Shang Ruoyi got out of the car, wearing an extremely rare fox fur cloak, which was snow-white without a single stray hair.
She looked behind Li Quan, but there was no trace of Li Xia Xia. She raised her lips slightly and asked, "Where's Xia Xia?"
Shang Ruoyi knew that with this smile of hers, Chai almost took Li Quan's soul away.
Shaoyao looked at Li Quan's lecherous expression, walked forward, and blocked his sight: "Our sister is asking you a question! Where is Sister Li?"
Li Quan finally came back to his senses, smiled and said, "My sister has caught a cold these days, and she is not feeling well now. I'm afraid she can come out and talk to Madam Shang."
"Are you sick? A cold?"
"Yes." Li Quan smiled and made a gesture of invitation: "Madam Shang, please come in. I will lead the way for you."
Shang Ruoyi nodded: "Let's go!"
Seeing that she did not turn around and leave, Li Quan thought that today's matter would definitely be accomplished, and he was very excited.
Taking her to the living room, the head of the Li family was sitting in the main seat waiting.
Seeing her son bringing Shang Ruoyi in, she was delighted and hurried forward: "Madam Shang, please don't blame me for not coming to meet you."
"Master Li, you are too polite. I feel very sorry for bothering you so soon after."
"You are so polite!" The head of the Li family said with a smile: "You have come all the way here, so we must show our hospitality. We know that you have a deep relationship with Xia Xia, and today she should personally entertain you. However, Beiling is too cold. The girl said she felt uncomfortable when she came back from Tianshun, but she fell ill just after the winter break."
"I see, that's really a coincidence." Shang Ruoyi said softly, "But it doesn't matter. You two know that I am proficient in medicine. I can go and see her. With the medicine I prescribed, she may get better soon."
When the Li family's son heard this, he was shocked. How could this be possible?
If she were allowed to go, would the matter be exposed?
"Hey, hey, Madam Shang." Patriarch Li blocked her way with a smile on his face: "Madam Shang, I guess Xia Xia has rested by now. If you want to see her, it will be too late after we finish our business!"
"Did Patriarch Li forget?" Shang Ruoyi said coldly, "Besides Xia Xia, I will not do the business of Dongzhu Mussel with anyone else."
Patriarch Li's face suddenly darkened: "Madam Shang, why don't you listen to my kind advice?" There was a hint of patience in his tone: "Don't forget, your current identity does not allow you to leave Tianshun's place of exile at will!"
A cold light flashed in Shang Ruoyi's eyes. She turned around and took a step forward, her eyes full of disdain: "Yes! Generally speaking, you should leave, but think about it, how can you come and go freely? Is it because of luck?"
Her words shocked the head of the Li family. Yes! She is a criminal, but she can move freely in and out of Beiling. How can this be something that ordinary people can do?
He smiled again, and before he could speak, Shang Ruoyi continued, "I heard that the young master of the Li family has some special hobbies." Her eyes fell on Li Quan, "He owes a lot of money in the casino and underground banks. The account book must be 30,000 taels!"
"Except for the casino." Shang Ruoyi looked at the Li family's son's suddenly ugly face and said with a smile: "It seems that there are still 20,000 taels in the underground bank! The interest rate of the underground bank is very low!"
The head of the Li family looked at his son with a very serious look. He never expected that his son still owed money to the underground bank.
At this point, even if he loved everyone in the family, he dared not bet on the future of the entire Li family.
"Is what Shopkeeper Shang said true?"
"Whether what you said is true or not, Patriarch Li can go and investigate it himself."
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